Queen of Republics: Being a Standard History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Countinent to the Present TimeBay State Company, 1899 - 936 pages |
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... Chief of the Seminoles . • • Washington's Home at Mount Vernon 494 Martin Van Buren . John Adams 497 Canadian Trappers .. John Marshall 498 Washington's Grave , Mount Vernon 500 Thomas Jefferson 501 The Smithsonian Institution ...
... Chief of the Seminoles . • • Washington's Home at Mount Vernon 494 Martin Van Buren . John Adams 497 Canadian Trappers .. John Marshall 498 Washington's Grave , Mount Vernon 500 Thomas Jefferson 501 The Smithsonian Institution ...
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... chief , and the head of the tribe was a chief or sachem , who was usually a man , but some- PUEBLO INDIAN AT PRAYER . times a woman . The Indians had no writ- ten laws , but the customs and traditions of the tribe took the place of ...
... chief , and the head of the tribe was a chief or sachem , who was usually a man , but some- PUEBLO INDIAN AT PRAYER . times a woman . The Indians had no writ- ten laws , but the customs and traditions of the tribe took the place of ...
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... chief would paint his body black from head to foot , and would hide himself in the woods or in a cavern . There he would fast and pray , and call upon the Great Spirit ; and would observe his dreams to see if they promised good or evil ...
... chief would paint his body black from head to foot , and would hide himself in the woods or in a cavern . There he would fast and pray , and call upon the Great Spirit ; and would observe his dreams to see if they promised good or evil ...
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... chief object of which was to find a route by water from Europe to the Indies . The equator had been passed ; Bartholomew Diaz had even doubled the Cape of Storms , and had established the course of the eastern coast of Africa ; and it ...
... chief object of which was to find a route by water from Europe to the Indies . The equator had been passed ; Bartholomew Diaz had even doubled the Cape of Storms , and had established the course of the eastern coast of Africa ; and it ...
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... chief two hun- dred men to carry the baggage of the troops . The demand was refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a ...
... chief two hun- dred men to carry the baggage of the troops . The demand was refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a ...
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Page 915 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 389 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 352 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Page 296 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 556 - ... the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, .as a principle In which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power, • • • We owe it.
Page 784 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 128 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Page 643 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 130 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 353 - ... When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause and wish to make it your own.